Dictionary of the Swatow dialect/khṳt

by Adele Marion Fielde

khṳt

• 乞khṳt39552
• To beg; to ask alms; to intreat humbly.

khṳt cîah;

to beg for food.

cêk khûn khṳt-kài lâi khṳt cîⁿ;

a swarm of medicants came asking alms.

în koi khîu-khṳt;

to beg in the streets.

hôk khṳt ṳn cún;

prostrate one's self and humbly beg for mercy.

chit sek khṳt khá;

on the seventh night of the seventh month beg the weaver goddess for skill in needlework.

• 給khṳt3931206
• To allow one the opportunity; to give; to afford.

khṳt úa lâi khùi;

let me go.

cŏ̤ khṳ̀ cē, kò̤ khṳt úa cŏ̤;

sit along a little and make room for me.

àiⁿ khîeh khṳt i a m̄?

Are you going to give it to him or not?

màiⁿ khṳt i jîp lâi;

do not let him come in.

khṳt i khṳ̀ sĭeⁿ cē;

let him go and think it over.

sĭ úa chin chíu khîeh khṳt i kâi;

it is the one I gave him with my own hand.

àiⁿ sàng khṳt tīa-tîang?

To whom are you going to give it?

i m̄ hàuⁿ khṳt úa thóiⁿ;

he will not let me see it.

hàm i tîeh khṳt úa thóiⁿ kàu hâh ì, cìaⁿ àiⁿ;

tell him he must let me look at it till I am satisfied that it suits me, then I will take it.

i bô̤ khṳt úa cai;

he did not let me know.

khṳt i chì-thóiⁿ hó̤ mē;

let him try it and see if it is good.

lṳ́ taⁿ hó̤ khṳt úa khṳ̀, ē jît úa cū lâi;

let me go now and I will come another day.

• 橜khṳ̂t4467512
• A stake; a stanchion; a peg.

tèng cêk ki khṳ̂t;

drive a stake.

ceng-seⁿ khṳ̀ pâk pàng hṳ́ khṳ̂t kò̤;

go and tether the animal to that stake.

cí ki khṳ̂t khah sòi ki m̄ hó̤ pâk;

this post is too small to tie to.

tèng ki khṳ̂t tŏ̤ toi-kha hó̤ pâk cûn;

drive a stake in the bank to fasten the boat to.

chîeⁿ-tèng tèng ki khṳ̂t hó̤ pák mûeh;

drive a large peg in the wall to fasten things to.